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Vocabulary Box (Define each term in your own words)
Term Your Definition
Secede
States’ Rights
Compromise of 1850
Emancipation Proclamation
Blockade
Campaign
Andersonville
Comprehension Questions
1. Why did Georgians disagree about whether to stay in the Union?
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2. What was the purpose of the Compromise of 1850 and the Georgia Platform?
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3. What did the Dred Scott decision say about enslaved people?
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4. How did the Union blockade affect life in Georgia?
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5. What was the goal of Sherman’s March to the Sea?
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6. Why was Andersonville prison such a tragic part of Georgia’s history?
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7. How did Georgia change by the end of the Civil War?
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Vocabulary Box (definitions in my own words)
Secede
- To leave or formally withdraw from a larger political group or country (for example, a state quitting the United States).
States’ Rights
- The idea that individual states have powers and decisions that the federal government cannot overrule; used to justify local control over issues like slavery.
Compromise of 1850
- A group of laws meant to ease conflict between North and South after the Mexican-American War: California entered as a free state, some new territories could decide on slavery by popular vote, the slave trade was banned in Washington, D.C., and the Fugitive Slave Act was strengthened.
Emancipation Proclamation
- President Lincoln’s 1863 order that declared enslaved people in the Confederate states to be free and allowed Black men to join the Union army (it did not free enslaved people in loyal border states).
Blockade
- Using naval forces to surround enemy ports to stop ships from bringing in supplies or shipping out goods.
Campaign
- A planned series of military actions in a particular area intended to achieve a strategic goal (for example, capturing a city or destroying enemy resources).
Andersonville
- The nickname for Camp Sumter, a Confederate prison camp in Georgia where thousands of Union prisoners suffered severe overcrowding, starvation, disease, and high death rates.
Comprehension Questions
1. Why did Georgians disagree about whether to stay in the Union?
- Some Georgians wanted to secede to protect slavery, state authority, and their economy. Others wanted to remain because of economic ties to the North, fear of war and disruption, or belief that problems could be solved politically without leaving the Union.
2. What was the purpose of the Compromise of 1850 and the Georgia Platform?
- The Compromise of 1850 aimed to reduce tensions between free and slave states by making concessions to both sides. The Georgia Platform was Georgia’s statement accepting the Compromise conditionally: Georgia would stay in the Union if the federal government respected the agreement and enforced protections like the Fugitive Slave Act.
3. What did the Dred Scott decision say about enslaved people?
- The Supreme Court ruled that Black people (enslaved or free) were not U.S. citizens and therefore could not sue in federal court, and that Congress could not ban slavery in federal territories—treating enslaved people as property rather than persons with rights.
4. How did the Union blockade affect life in Georgia?
- The blockade stopped exports (like cotton) and imports (food, medicine, manufactured goods), causing shortages, rising prices, economic damage, and hardship for civilians and soldiers in Georgia.
5. What was the goal of Sherman’s March to the Sea?
- Sherman’s goal was to destroy the South’s ability and will to fight by wrecking infrastructure, supplies, railroads, and farms (a “total war” strategy) and thereby hasten Confederate surrender; he also aimed to capture Savannah.
6. Why was Andersonville prison such a tragic part of Georgia’s history?
- Andersonville was overcrowded and lacked food, clean water, shelter, and sanitation. Tens of thousands of Union prisoners suffered and many died from disease, exposure, and starvation, making it one of the deadliest POW camps of the war.
7. How did Georgia change by the end of the Civil War?
- Georgia was physically damaged (cities, railroads, and farms destroyed), its economy collapsed, slavery was abolished and formerly enslaved people were legally free, and the state entered Reconstruction with major political and social upheaval as it adjusted to a new labor system and federal oversight.
Secede
- To leave or formally withdraw from a larger political group or country (for example, a state quitting the United States).
States’ Rights
- The idea that individual states have powers and decisions that the federal government cannot overrule; used to justify local control over issues like slavery.
Compromise of 1850
- A group of laws meant to ease conflict between North and South after the Mexican-American War: California entered as a free state, some new territories could decide on slavery by popular vote, the slave trade was banned in Washington, D.C., and the Fugitive Slave Act was strengthened.
Emancipation Proclamation
- President Lincoln’s 1863 order that declared enslaved people in the Confederate states to be free and allowed Black men to join the Union army (it did not free enslaved people in loyal border states).
Blockade
- Using naval forces to surround enemy ports to stop ships from bringing in supplies or shipping out goods.
Campaign
- A planned series of military actions in a particular area intended to achieve a strategic goal (for example, capturing a city or destroying enemy resources).
Andersonville
- The nickname for Camp Sumter, a Confederate prison camp in Georgia where thousands of Union prisoners suffered severe overcrowding, starvation, disease, and high death rates.
Comprehension Questions
1. Why did Georgians disagree about whether to stay in the Union?
- Some Georgians wanted to secede to protect slavery, state authority, and their economy. Others wanted to remain because of economic ties to the North, fear of war and disruption, or belief that problems could be solved politically without leaving the Union.
2. What was the purpose of the Compromise of 1850 and the Georgia Platform?
- The Compromise of 1850 aimed to reduce tensions between free and slave states by making concessions to both sides. The Georgia Platform was Georgia’s statement accepting the Compromise conditionally: Georgia would stay in the Union if the federal government respected the agreement and enforced protections like the Fugitive Slave Act.
3. What did the Dred Scott decision say about enslaved people?
- The Supreme Court ruled that Black people (enslaved or free) were not U.S. citizens and therefore could not sue in federal court, and that Congress could not ban slavery in federal territories—treating enslaved people as property rather than persons with rights.
4. How did the Union blockade affect life in Georgia?
- The blockade stopped exports (like cotton) and imports (food, medicine, manufactured goods), causing shortages, rising prices, economic damage, and hardship for civilians and soldiers in Georgia.
5. What was the goal of Sherman’s March to the Sea?
- Sherman’s goal was to destroy the South’s ability and will to fight by wrecking infrastructure, supplies, railroads, and farms (a “total war” strategy) and thereby hasten Confederate surrender; he also aimed to capture Savannah.
6. Why was Andersonville prison such a tragic part of Georgia’s history?
- Andersonville was overcrowded and lacked food, clean water, shelter, and sanitation. Tens of thousands of Union prisoners suffered and many died from disease, exposure, and starvation, making it one of the deadliest POW camps of the war.
7. How did Georgia change by the end of the Civil War?
- Georgia was physically damaged (cities, railroads, and farms destroyed), its economy collapsed, slavery was abolished and formerly enslaved people were legally free, and the state entered Reconstruction with major political and social upheaval as it adjusted to a new labor system and federal oversight.
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